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Shenandoah Valley Railroad (short-line)

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until February of 1992, when Norfolk Southern was given permission to abandon the tracks due to low usage. Local interest parties acquired the line and originally contracted it out to various different operators such as Buckingham Branch Railroad. The line's owners settled on Durbin and Greenbrier
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SV 8701 was ex-US Army 4043, later DLA (Defense Logistics Agency) 87001, an RS4TC with serial number 61286, seen here in
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in Pleasant Valley. The railroad was purchased from Norfolk Southern in 1993 and is currently operated by the
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The Norfolk Southern interchange at Pleasant Valley, photo taken from the cab of Shenandoah Valley's
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A new cold storage facility was announced to be built along the railroad in 2018.
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The tracks the Shenandoah Valley Railroad runs on were previously operated by the
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Non-operating common carrier freight railroads in the United States
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Valley Railroad once there was enough traffic on the line.
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This United States railway company-related article is a
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operating 20.2 miles (32.5 km) of track between
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Shenandoah Valley Railroad logo showing the letters SVRR in the shape of a train
Reporting mark
Virginia
Valley Railroad
Shenandoah Valley Railroad (1867–90)
Chesapeake & Western Railroad
Track gauge
standard gauge
http://www.svrr-llc.com/
reporting mark
shortline railroad
Staunton
Pleasant Valley
Virginia
CSX
Buckingham Branch
Norfolk Southern
Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
Chesapeake & Western Railroad
B&O
GP9
Ceredo, WV
ALCO RS-11
Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
The Norfolk Southern interchange at Pleasant Valley, photo taken from the cab of Shenandoah Valley's GP38
GP38
SV 8701 was ex-US Army 4043, later DLA (Defense Logistics Agency) 87001, an RS4TC with serial number 61286, seen here in Vernona. Mechanical difficulties led to the locomotive being retired from the roster and sold for scrap. The frame, minus its trucks, was seen at the Cresson Steel Company scrap yard, 621 Penn Avenue, Cresson, PA, in May 2021.
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